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He was all over the place. he couldnt stand up. >> he hit me first, and yes, after three or four times of him punching me in the face, i realized i wasnt able to calm him down. i hit him with an uppercut. brought him to the ground and thats when we both got maced. >> were you injured? >> no, not at all. >> not injured. >> no, not at all. >> but cruz says he had a secret motive for the fight, one that has nothing to do with food trays and everything to do with returning to the maximum security un...

Can plead your story. you may get blessed out and you may not. im not going to say tomorrow im not going to be a blood or next year i might not be a blood. who knows? but i know what i want for myself. i just dont know when its going to happen. >> and right now bates cant take any risks. another member of the bloods with a reputation for violence, enrique cruz, recently transferred to bates unit and says he was looking into rumors about bates loyalty. >> come on in. >> and now hes just invited h...

Not only did he recently complete a nine-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, hes now awaiting trial on two new counts of aggravated assault. if thats not bad enough, today is his birthday and all he has is a gift from another inmate. >> he told me happy birthday and gave me toilet tissue with my name on it and gave me some of these. >> having served time before, bates knows this is no random collection of items. theyre to make a device known in jail as a fifi. >> you could get a t...

Unit on assignment to investigate bates and has no problem saying so right in front of bates. >> one of my pups had a complaint against this gentleman here. yeah. said that he was not living right. so i came here to speak to the pups og. after speaking with him and confirming that other individual is a liar, now i must go. tonight i will be gone. thats all it is. its a status. hopefully going to a minimum tier. stay out of trouble. keep my nose clean. and ill get out of here sooner than later. b...

And have someone murdered, i dont. >> i never heard of him before. never heard of him. now ill make the necessary phone calls and get the necessary contact i got to make and im going to see about this guy. see whats up. to me in my heart and my mind i know i feel hes nobody, but i cant just go with what i feel. i still have to do my homework. i still got to do a proper investigation. if hes not who he says he is, hes going to get dealt with. >> while bates has chosen patience over action, a figh...

I been in every prison in the state of new jersey except the southern state so everybody knows me. my word is gold to them because they seen me action. they dont just hear my audio. they seen my video. they know if i say something its law. all i got to do is send an order and its going to be carried out. whether i want somebody poked up or i want somebody stabbed, its going to get done. >> recently, the self-proclaimed minister of defense of the bloods was transferred into the same housing unit ...

Changed based on his sentence, so he went to medium. he is going to be transferred there tonight. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> cruzs plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. >> yeah, yeah. whats up, old-timer? how you doing? all right. whats up with you? >> three days la...

He has a 12-year-old son that he has missed out on raising due to the years he spent behind bars. >> im supposed to show him exactly what he is supposed to do, aint supposed to do, right from wrong, to be there as a plan and father to do that. when i was 12 i was smoking weed and cigarettes and having sex. that was back then. now its more, the world is more advanced now. so i can imagine the positions he put in right now. >> can you imagine if your son ends up like you? >> i dont even want to th...

>> after much back and forth, officers have concluded that the incident began when jennings started gossiping about another inmates charges. >> this is the deal. youre staying here to stay out of their hair for four hours. you going back, four hours, no issues. doors open up tomorrow at 7:00. first issue, from anybody, the whole tier is going to get locked in for a week and then im just going to start pressing charges on everybody. >> i get four hours lockup and i didnt even do anything but have...

He was deemed the instigator but not necessarily the victor in a recent fight with inmate food server jonathan bevelac. cruz says it was all a ploy to get back to his former housing unit in order to confront fellow bloods gang member michael bates. but after serving 15 days in segregation, cruz was assigned to a different unit. bates, a recognized leader of the gang, says he is still baffled by cruz and his allegations. >> i never knew this dude. i dont have no problems with this guy. i never kn...